For Practical 3, we are required to describe the differences between Google search and Google Scholar. Personally, I feel that Google Scholar is more suitable for my research as it gives me a more accurate picture. Due to its higher credibility, I find that it gives a more precised idea of my project topic. I am impressed of the various search facilities that are available, for example we are able to extract websites based on the year that we prefer. Also, it is possible for us to choose the topic area that we want, such as Business, Science etc.
For last week's in-class lesson, one of the activity was to participate in a discussion question given to our class. I find it helpful, as different people have different views about things. We are able to hear from other people about their views about different topics and be exposed to new things such as other's experience. When I first saw the discussion question, I did not really understand the meaning of it, but Ms Lian explained to us in layman's term. I started to pondered deeply about the question and it took me quite a long time to finally post my views. I have to read at least twice to see if there is any grammatical errors or misleading phrase etc. I feel that although discussion forums are very useful, be it to students finding out more about their schoolwork or to working adults to enquire more about certain products, we have to be cautious of what we say in such forums, as we should not post anything that would harm others. We should not post provacative remarks about others or defame others, as we would not want others to do the same to us. However, I would not feel anxious to talking to other people that I do not know, as they do not really know about my identity. I think I would continue to participate in forums, especially when I faced problems in my schoolwork or areas in projects which I am unfamiliar with.
Why is citation and biblography important? This is because we must give credit to authors of the original work, as they are the ones who produce them. Hence, we must cite the authors of their views and sayings. Moreover, it helps to prevent plagarism, which is taking other people's work and treating them like it is our work. It is always important to cite authors and provide biblography, as failure to do so may lead to serious implications, as authors may sue them for plagarism of their work. Biblography is important, as it allows the person reading a project to understand more about a topic. For example, I complete a project about SARS. And if I provide biblography, others would be interested where I got my information from, say from Lifestyle magazine and on page 6.
As for the SecondLife activity, I have chosen Port Seraphine for my shopping island. During my shopping experience, I realised that there are many goods and service that this virtual world allows me to do.
For example, there is numerous apparels to choose from, from gorgeous dinner dress to casual shirts and jeans.
Dinner dresses-Awesome !!
Swimwears of different designs
There is even makeups for us ladies to select how our makeup would look like.
Eye makeups are shown above
These are the models portraying how the various makeups would look like.
I am amazed that there are even men's department in Port Seraphine.
This shows the portrays of how men would like their abs to look like, perhaps when they go for a swim.
This is very creative and it would be impossible for real life human to select how masculine they prefer in a shopping centre, hence this is one of the advantages that we have in virtual world. :)
As for the service provided, there's a redelivery service which I took a snapshot of.
Not only that, there is also prizes to be won and sales going on, just like the real world experience.
For the shopping experience, I feel that it is very real, as we are able to sit on stairs or even lie on the sofa bed available in the virtual world.
Unfortunately, in Port Seraphine, the items sold there are chargeable, which must be paid using L$(money in SecondLife), so I did not make any purchase as I did not have any.
The snapspot above shows the amount of monet which I have to pay (in US$) if I were to buy one of these dresses.
All the prices are clearly stated when you put your mouse on top on the item that you are interested in.
For my shopping trip, I am able to walk, run and even fly. In the real world, we are unable to fly to speed up our movement.
I am also able to change my clothes that I am in very quickly, so as to suit the occassion that I am in.
I changed into a lovely dress half-way through my shopping experience. Happy :P
Also, during the experience, the speed of access is very fast, despite the many users in SecondLife.
As I shopped in Port Seraphine, I found many users also touring in Port Seraphine.
We can even make friend with other users that we meet during the shopping experience in SecondLife.
I feel that this virtual shopping is very interesting and fun, as we do not have to travel physically to buy the various items sold in SecondLife. With just a click, we are able to purchase the clothes and makeups what we would like how we look like. It is indeed very special to be able to choose the fantastic bodylines, be it for the females or males, which we are unable to in real life. Imagine everyone being able to purchase the bodyline they we yearn to have, ie. how slim they are or how masculine they would like to be. We are able to fly in the virtual world, which in real life we are unable to. Shopping was so easy and there would not be situation such as crowded places, as we are able to teleport to different places if the place that we would like to go is crowded. Also, we do not have to bump into other people while shopping in a crowded place in the virtual world, as we are able to fly past objects to reach the destination that we would like to go. We are also able to choose how we would look like in Secondlife, which is pretty amazing to be able to do so, because in actual life, how we look like would depends on our parents' genes. There are also different services offered, one of such would be the redelivery service. In conclusion, the virtual shopping experience was certainly a total new experience for me, as it was my first time buying beautiful clothes and makeups in virtual world.
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